Police arrest four men after man reportedly drops a gun on Green Line train

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Sep 27, 2012 at 12:01 AMSep 27, 2012 at 4:16 AM

Police had four suspects in custody Wednesday night after a woman reported seeing a man drop a firearm on a Green Line train at the Newton Centre stop, according to police radio transmissions.

Chloe Gotsis

Police had four suspects in custody Wednesday night after a woman reported seeing a man drop a firearm on a Green Line train at the Newton Centre stop, according to police radio transmissions.

According to scanner chatter, the incident was reported shortly after 6:45 p.m. and the suspect headed toward the Deluxe Station Diner in Newton Centre after picking up the gun and exiting the train. According to our news partner WCVB, police chased the man with the gun down the tracks. The suspect threw the gun away, police recovered it and arrested the suspect. Police are charging him with unlawful possession of a firearm.

The other three suspects were all arrested and will be charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, police told our news partner WCVB.